a2 RALLUS AQUATICUS.—GALLINULA CH LOROPUS 
[§ 3133. Zwo.—Hickling, 8 April, 1879. From Mr. A. 
H. Evans. 
Out of a nest of nine eggs taken by Ralph Nudd, very slightly incubated. | 
[§ 3134. 7wo.—Heigham Sounds, Norfolk, 13 May, 1884. 
ch. N” 
From two nests. My brother wrote that going in a boat with a man “he 
shewed me a Water-Rail’s nest, all the eggs of which had been sucked by rats, 
he supposed, and the shells were in the nest or close by. The nest was well 
concealed in some thick low sedge, eighteen inches high. A little further on 
he shewed me a ‘Reed Pheasant’s’ [Panurus biarmicus| nest. The old bird 
was on it and flew up close to us, so that I could see her well. She flew some 
three or four yards above the sedge and dropped within ten yards, The nest 
was well concealed and only exposed by pulling the grass and sedge aside. 
There were five eggs, and I left them.” Later in the day he “returned 
across the north end of the mere, and getting near where we had seen the 
Water-Rail’s nest in the morning, we met a man who had found two other 
nests, which he shewed me. One contained six eggs, hard-set, and the 
other three fresh. I took one of each, but in neither case did I see the old 
bird. Both nests were well concealed in a narrow strip of tallish grass and 
sedge, a foot or so wide, which had escaped mowing, and were not more than 
one hundred yards apart.” | 
GALLINULA CHLOROPUS (Linneus). 
MOORHEN. 
§.3135. Zen—Warwickshire, not later than 1843. 
These Moorhens were taken by George [Wolley] near Rugby, 
where they are very plentiful. They are, however, common 
throughout the country, frequently being found with the Coot in 
a state of semi-domestication. In this neighbourhood [Beeston] 
they are in some numbers at Mr. Lowe’s pond, and also about 
Clifton. One is a variety frequently met with, all the eggs in a 
nest being sometimes of this form. The Water-Rail’s has also 
a tendency to lengthen out in a similar way. 
§ 3136. 7wo.—Kton, not later than 1843. 
Abundant about Eton. 
